Question 9: How do translation vendors help their clients improve translation quality?

Your translation service partner should be there for you . . . long before you ever submit your first translation project! Today’s video explores five techniques your vendor should use to help you increase your translation quality.read more…

Translation is a human process. While being human-driven generally means higher quality, it can be difficult to know what level of quality you’re receiving or what level of quality you should be receiving.

One way to handle this dilemma is through language quality assurance, a service that companies can use to assess and understand what level of quality they’re getting from their translation partner.

Is Spain on your list for localisation and global expansion? It definitely deserves a spot.

Spain’s economy is the 14th largest worldwide and the fifth largest in the European Union, as well as the Eurozone’s fourth largest. With around 400 million native speakers globally, Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in existence. Spain itself represents a very opportunity-rich market. I’d like to offer some insights on planning for language translation targeted to this region, sprinkled with my personal experiences from living here for the past nine years. read more…

It’s Friday, and you know what that means . . . Yes, drinks with friends at not-so-posh pubs and studying Polish or Gaelic late into the night. But enough about our own weekend plans. It also means it’s time for another frequently asked question and answer session as part of our Friday Localization FAQ blog series. Today we’re answering the question “How long does language translation take?”

Join in the conversation—or even let us know which language translation management questions you’d like us to answer next—by tweeting us @SajanTranslate with the hashtag #FridayLocFAQ. read more…

Today we honor another star member of the Sajan team through an exclusive interview. A solutions architect in the professional services group, Iñaki Hernández-Lasa performs localization assessments; comes up with tailored localization solutions; and works with terminology management, machine translation and other technologies.

He also has a talent for producing award-winning architectural photography. Read on to learn more about our Spanish-born, Ireland-transplanted friend and colleague. read more…